September 25, 2012

2010
and 2011 were years that saw Black women being put under intense
scrutiny. Studies and shoddily collected data that seemed based on
biases and tropes about Black female pathology, outlined why a high
percentage of us are single, why we’re scientifically uglier
than non-Black women, how disgusting or unappealing our bodies and
attitudes supposedly are compared to our White counterparts, how
horrible it is to be a Black unwed mother, and how we’re somehow the key
to ending military suicides.
And while 2012 didn’t really take the magnifying glass off Black women,
it definitely seemed to mark a growing level of [oft-times inadequately
reported] violence and infractions against us.